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lilyofcourse · My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

25 Things You Will Never Hear a Southern Girl Say

lilyofcourse · My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

I have never been to a crawfish boil.

I didn't get a deviled egg tray at my wedding shower.

And I have never monogrammed anything.

I did have one bridesmaid and one MOH.

But the rest? All true.

just Czech · Give Me Grand's!

Number 8 had me ROTF!

Thanks for sharing.

lilyofcourse · My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

I know! Right?

Lawyerlady · On the bright side...... Christmas is coming! (Mod)

The monogram thing makes me laugh. I know lots of southern ladies that monogram EVERYTHING. I wouldn't be surprised if their underwear was mongrammed.

Fort Worth Mom · Mod/Penguin lover/Princess!

No comment.

I'm not a Southern Girl. I just live here, now.(Okay, not exactly, Fort Worth, is the beginning of the West.) So I'm told.

#7, would be, Ohio State! wink

#23, would be, get the hell out, as fast as you can! biggrin (Took me 36 years. A nice place to visit, in the Summer. Wouldn't want to be there, year round, anymore.)

#25, sweet tea is gross.

JMHO. smile

Ohfour · Hooker

All of them are pretty much right on....I know of the Monogrammed thing, I just don't care for it. Especially for females over 8 years old...

Southern_Belle · Nothing's Impossible

I don't like monogrammed stuff. There are quite a few I'd say.

Tinydancer · Guru

You know you’re from New England if…

-your local Dairy Queen is closed from September through May.

-someone in a Home Depot store offers you assistance and they don’t work there.

-you use the word “wicked”

-you’ve worn shorts and a parka at the same time.

-you’ve had a lengthy telephone conversation with someone who dialed a wrong number.

-if you hit deer on a regular basis.

-you know that the things you need to start a campfire are matches, newspaper, tinder, sticks, fuel logs, and spent motor oil.

-you find a snowmobile as a reasonable means of transportation for 4 months out of the year.

-you consider 65 degree ocean water “warm.”

-all of the potholes just add excitement to your driving experience.

-if your car is parked outside because your snowmobiles get parked in the garage.

-chocolate sprinkles will forever be known as “Jimmies.”

-“Vacation” means going anywhere south of New York City for the weekend.

-you’ve been to Cape Cod.

-stop signs mean slow down a little bit, but only if you feel like it.

-$15 to park is a bargain.

-you can go from one side of your hometown to the other in less than 15 minutes and see at least 15 losers you graduated with doing the exact same thing they were doing the last time you saw them.

-you keep an ice scraper in your car year ’round.

-you’ve pulled out of a side street and used your car to block oncoming traffic so that you can make a left.

-you’ve been to Six Flags New England.

-if you know that its not really “Six Flags New England”… but “Riverside”.

-you know what a whoopie pie is.

-you measure distance in hours.

-you know what “Shaw’s” is.

-everyone in town over 50 goes to Florida between October and April.

-you know several people who have hit a deer more than once.

-you think Vermont has the best skiing in the World.

-you have switched from “heat” to “A/C” in the same day and back again.

-you can drive 75 mph through 2 feet of snow during a raging blizzard without flinching.

-you know what a bubbler is and you drink soda and pop someone in the face.

-you stay on the same road long enough, the name will change at least 3 times.

-someone has honked at you because you didn’t peel out as soon as the light turned green… Or you have honked at someone because they didn’t peel out as soon as the light turned green.

-you go to camp every year.

-you install security lights on your house and garage, but leave both unlocked.

-you carry jumpers in your car and your wife knows how to use them.

-you refer to 6 inches of snow as a “dusting.”

-you design your kid’s Halloween costume to fit over a snowsuit.

-the speed limit on the highway is 55 mph — you’re going 80, and everybody is passing you.

-you could own a small town in Montana for the price of your house.

-there are 25 Dunkin’ Donuts within 20 minutes of your house.

-driving is better in the winter because the potholes are filled with snow.

-you know all 4 seasons: almost winter, winter, still winter and road construction.

-you have more miles on your snow blower than your car.

-you find 10 degrees “a little chilly.”

-you’ve ever gone candlepin bowling.

-you think 3 straight days of 90 degree weather is a heatwave.

-the transportation system is known as the “T,” subway is just a fast food place.

-your town or a neighboring one has a rotary/circle/roundabout.

-someone says “Patriot” and you immediately think of the football Team.

-a Crown Victoria = undercover cop.

-you keep tire chains in your car at all times.

-your first motorized vehicle with four wheels was an ATV.

-you have ever put studded tires on your street racer.

-Sox-Yankees games are a life and death matter.

-there is a town green in the middle of your town.

-you regularly drive on roads that are as narrow and windy as a deer trail.

-you can choose exactly where your Senator sits on a political party map… Democrats on the Left, Republicans on the right… and that one little white dot in the middle is where our Senator sits.

-you ever have been asked in a school hallway if you have Duct Tape on you.

-you think if somebody’s nice to you, they either want something or they are from out of town and probably lost.

-you know how to cross 4 lanes of traffic in 5 seconds.

-you know that a yellow light means that at least 5 more cars can make it through before it turns red.

-you get mad when people assume New York is part of New England.

-you’ve skipped a day of school to go to the Big E, or… you’ve taken a field trip to the Big E

-a yellow light means “You can make it if you go a little faster”

-the first day after winter that’s it sunny outside, you roll down all the windows of your car and pretend its summer, and even though its still 30 degrees, you refuse to roll up your windows

I think most of us New Englanders will recognize a lot of these. We're a strange bunch but so damn lovable...lol

-- Edited by Tinydancer on Friday 6th of February 2015 06:07:30 PM

Southern_Belle · Nothing's Impossible

The duct tape one is funny!

Tinydancer · Guru

The "I'm out of hairspray" thing no southern girl would say is often said in certain places around here that are known for they're big hair...lol

Southern_Belle · Nothing's Impossible

I've never been a victim of big hair. Not even in the 80's.

FNW · Guru

My furs are monogrammed and I monogrammed my boys' preschool backpacks..because they were two and that way the teachers would know whose were theirs.

JPT · Senior Member

Lawyerlady wrote:
The monogram thing makes me laugh. I know lots of southern ladies that monogram EVERYTHING. I wouldn't be surprised if their underwear was mongrammed.

So true...and I have the pile at the shop to work on to prove it. No underwear, but I have done bikini tops.

JPT · Senior Member

Tinydancer wrote:
You know you’re from New England if…
-your local Dairy Queen is closed from September through May.
-someone in a Home Depot store offers you assistance and they don’t work there.
-you use the word “wicked”
-you’ve worn shorts and a parka at the same time.
-you’ve had a lengthy telephone conversation with someone who dialed a wrong number.
-if you hit deer on a regular basis.
-you know that the things you need to start a campfire are matches, newspaper, tinder, sticks, fuel logs, and spent motor oil.
-you find a snowmobile as a reasonable means of transportation for 4 months out of the year.
-you consider 65 degree ocean water “warm.”
-all of the potholes just add excitement to your driving experience.
-if your car is parked outside because your snowmobiles get parked in the garage.
-chocolate sprinkles will forever be known as “Jimmies.”
-“Vacation” means going anywhere south of New York City for the weekend.
-you’ve been to Cape Cod.
-stop signs mean slow down a little bit, but only if you feel like it.
-$15 to park is a bargain.
-you can go from one side of your hometown to the other in less than 15 minutes and see at least 15 losers you graduated with doing the exact same thing they were doing the last time you saw them.
-you keep an ice scraper in your car year ’round.
-you’ve pulled out of a side street and used your car to block oncoming traffic so that you can make a left.
-you’ve been to Six Flags New England.
-if you know that its not really “Six Flags New England”… but “Riverside”.
-you know what a whoopie pie is.
-you measure distance in hours.
-you know what “Shaw’s” is.
-everyone in town over 50 goes to Florida between October and April.
-you know several people who have hit a deer more than once.
-you think Vermont has the best skiing in the World.
-you have switched from “heat” to “A/C” in the same day and back again.
-you can drive 75 mph through 2 feet of snow during a raging blizzard without flinching.
-you know what a bubbler is and you drink soda and pop someone in the face.
-you stay on the same road long enough, the name will change at least 3 times.
-someone has honked at you because you didn’t peel out as soon as the light turned green… Or you have honked at someone because they didn’t peel out as soon as the light turned green.
-you go to camp every year.
-you install security lights on your house and garage, but leave both unlocked.
-you carry jumpers in your car and your wife knows how to use them.
-you refer to 6 inches of snow as a “dusting.”
-you design your kid’s Halloween costume to fit over a snowsuit.
-the speed limit on the highway is 55 mph — you’re going 80, and everybody is passing you.
-you could own a small town in Montana for the price of your house.
-there are 25 Dunkin’ Donuts within 20 minutes of your house.
-driving is better in the winter because the potholes are filled with snow.
-you know all 4 seasons: almost winter, winter, still winter and road construction.
-you have more miles on your snow blower than your car.
-you find 10 degrees “a little chilly.”
-you’ve ever gone candlepin bowling.
-you think 3 straight days of 90 degree weather is a heatwave.
-the transportation system is known as the “T,” subway is just a fast food place.
-your town or a neighboring one has a rotary/circle/roundabout.
-someone says “Patriot” and you immediately think of the football Team.
-a Crown Victoria = undercover cop.
-you keep tire chains in your car at all times.
-your first motorized vehicle with four wheels was an ATV.
-you have ever put studded tires on your street racer.
-Sox-Yankees games are a life and death matter.
-there is a town green in the middle of your town.
-you regularly drive on roads that are as narrow and windy as a deer trail.
-you can choose exactly where your Senator sits on a political party map… Democrats on the Left, Republicans on the right… and that one little white dot in the middle is where our Senator sits.
-you ever have been asked in a school hallway if you have Duct Tape on you.
-you think if somebody’s nice to you, they either want something or they are from out of town and probably lost.
-you know how to cross 4 lanes of traffic in 5 seconds.
-you know that a yellow light means that at least 5 more cars can make it through before it turns red.
-you get mad when people assume New York is part of New England.
-you’ve skipped a day of school to go to the Big E, or… you’ve taken a field trip to the Big E
-a yellow light means “You can make it if you go a little faster”
-the first day after winter that’s it sunny outside, you roll down all the windows of your car and pretend its summer, and even though its still 30 degrees, you refuse to roll up your windows

I think most of us New Englanders will recognize a lot of these. We're a strange bunch but so damn lovable...lol

-- Edited by Tinydancer on Friday 6th of February 2015 06:07:30 PM

Yeah, calling sprinkles "jimmies" is totally New England...I still call them that and I haven't live there since 1966!

JPT · Senior Member

And I still can't get used to hearing a shopping cart called a "buggy"

Divine Geek · Guru

#23……hey now!

I know what to do_sometimes · Frozen Sucks!

Tinydancer wrote:
You know you’re from New England if…
-your local Dairy Queen is closed from September through May.
-someone in a Home Depot store offers you assistance and they don’t work there.
-you use the word “wicked”
-you’ve worn shorts and a parka at the same time.
-you’ve had a lengthy telephone conversation with someone who dialed a wrong number.
-if you hit deer on a regular basis.
-you know that the things you need to start a campfire are matches, newspaper, tinder, sticks, fuel logs, and spent motor oil.
-you find a snowmobile as a reasonable means of transportation for 4 months out of the year.
-you consider 65 degree ocean water “warm.”
-all of the potholes just add excitement to your driving experience.
-if your car is parked outside because your snowmobiles get parked in the garage.
-chocolate sprinkles will forever be known as “Jimmies.”
-“Vacation” means going anywhere south of New York City for the weekend.
-you’ve been to Cape Cod.
-stop signs mean slow down a little bit, but only if you feel like it.
-$15 to park is a bargain.
-you can go from one side of your hometown to the other in less than 15 minutes and see at least 15 losers you graduated with doing the exact same thing they were doing the last time you saw them.
-you keep an ice scraper in your car year ’round.
-you’ve pulled out of a side street and used your car to block oncoming traffic so that you can make a left.
-you’ve been to Six Flags New England.
-if you know that its not really “Six Flags New England”… but “Riverside”.
-you know what a whoopie pie is.
-you measure distance in hours.
-you know what “Shaw’s” is.
-everyone in town over 50 goes to Florida between October and April.
-you know several people who have hit a deer more than once.
-you think Vermont has the best skiing in the World.
-you have switched from “heat” to “A/C” in the same day and back again.
-you can drive 75 mph through 2 feet of snow during a raging blizzard without flinching.
-you know what a bubbler is and you drink soda and pop someone in the face.
-you stay on the same road long enough, the name will change at least 3 times.
-someone has honked at you because you didn’t peel out as soon as the light turned green… Or you have honked at someone because they didn’t peel out as soon as the light turned green.
-you go to camp every year.
-you install security lights on your house and garage, but leave both unlocked.
-you carry jumpers in your car and your wife knows how to use them.
-you refer to 6 inches of snow as a “dusting.”
-you design your kid’s Halloween costume to fit over a snowsuit.
-the speed limit on the highway is 55 mph — you’re going 80, and everybody is passing you.
-you could own a small town in Montana for the price of your house.
-there are 25 Dunkin’ Donuts within 20 minutes of your house.
-driving is better in the winter because the potholes are filled with snow.
-you know all 4 seasons: almost winter, winter, still winter and road construction.
-you have more miles on your snow blower than your car.
-you find 10 degrees “a little chilly.”
-you’ve ever gone candlepin bowling.
-you think 3 straight days of 90 degree weather is a heatwave.
-the transportation system is known as the “T,” subway is just a fast food place.
-your town or a neighboring one has a rotary/circle/roundabout.
-someone says “Patriot” and you immediately think of the football Team.
-a Crown Victoria = undercover cop.
-you keep tire chains in your car at all times.
-your first motorized vehicle with four wheels was an ATV.
-you have ever put studded tires on your street racer.
-Sox-Yankees games are a life and death matter.
-there is a town green in the middle of your town.
-you regularly drive on roads that are as narrow and windy as a deer trail.
-you can choose exactly where your Senator sits on a political party map… Democrats on the Left, Republicans on the right… and that one little white dot in the middle is where our Senator sits.
-you ever have been asked in a school hallway if you have Duct Tape on you.
-you think if somebody’s nice to you, they either want something or they are from out of town and probably lost.
-you know how to cross 4 lanes of traffic in 5 seconds.
-you know that a yellow light means that at least 5 more cars can make it through before it turns red.
-you get mad when people assume New York is part of New England.
-you’ve skipped a day of school to go to the Big E, or… you’ve taken a field trip to the Big E
-a yellow light means “You can make it if you go a little faster”
-the first day after winter that’s it sunny outside, you roll down all the windows of your car and pretend its summer, and even though its still 30 degrees, you refuse to roll up your windows

I think most of us New Englanders will recognize a lot of these. We're a strange bunch but so damn lovable...lol

-- Edited by Tinydancer on Friday 6th of February 2015 06:07:30 PM

OMG I am . The DQ thing; ours re opens in March, you can eat outside in the snow on the picnic tables.

burns07 · Guru

" my husband's the reason our kids are so stupid. "

Blankie · Guru

Okay Southerners. Please tell me why fried food is so big down south. It is SO bad for you. What gives?

It can't just be ignorance. Because there are plenty of smart people down south. Is it some kind of weird tradition y'all are bound to follow?

Even though it will kill you?

When we go to Hatteras it is so damn hard to find fish that isn't fried.

I hope it's different in the cities down south. Someone please tell me it is.

Southern_Belle · Nothing's Impossible

They love fried food here. I think it just makes anything edible in their minds. I don't fry anything. Usually you can request broiled or baked at restaurants.

lilyofcourse · My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

When people hear fried they automatically think deep frying.

But that isn't the case most of the time.

Know how you fry an egg? That is how a lot of things are fried.

Very little oil or anything. Just a high heat skillet.

I think a lot don't really understand that it is what another would call searing.

But yes. Fried anything taste better.

And everything isn't fried.

Lawyerlady · On the bright side...... Christmas is coming! (Mod)

Blankie wrote:
Okay Southerners. Please tell me why fried food is so big down south. It is SO bad for you. What gives?
It can't just be ignorance. Because there are plenty of smart people down south. Is it some kind of weird tradition y'all are bound to follow?
Even though it will kill you?
When we go to Hatteras it is so damn hard to find fish that isn't fried.
I hope it's different in the cities down south. Someone please tell me it is.

I'm a transplanted Southern that used to be a Yankee. There really isn't that much more fried here than up north. But, what is fried is better here - like fried chicken.

And Southerners eat more vegetables than Yankees, I've noticed.

lilyofcourse · My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

I have noticed that too. With the limited exposure I have had to the Yankees.

I think maybe because we have a longer growing season, can maybe grow a wider variety, and we are raised eating veggies more than anything.